By and large I personally agree with everything you said below. However,
I can think of a few exceptions to the rule. One of them being the need
for more cross platform games.
As you know accessibility for Mac and Linux has really opened up over
the last couple years or so, and more and more blind computer users are
turning to Mac and Linux as an alternative to Windows. Unfortunately
most of our games can't be played on Mac or Linux without some sort of
emulation, and sometimes not even then. In a case like that creating a
cross platform version of Monopoly, Blackjack, Aliens in the Outback,
whatever would be perfectly reasonable. After all, there are a number of
games that could be rewritten to be cross platform compatible, but there
is not enough accessible game developers interested in doing so. At any
rate I think this falls under a good reason why to rewrite or at least
copy an existing title.
As for myself I am not the type to run with the pack. I'm perfectly
capable of creating new and original content which is something I hope
to do as soon as some of these games are cleared away. Even if the game
isn't 100% original such as my Tomb Hunter games they are still quite a
bit different from what is already out there currently to be of interest
to customers. Which is something I think our little community needs.

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dark wrote:

True again Tom.

also though, i would point out, that this is all the more reason for
when a developer is just rehashing an existing game and passing it off
as a new idea, ---- which I'm sorry to say has happened on a couple of
occasions i can think of, ---- it's all the more important for the
community and the other devs to set them right.
Q9, Superliam, Tomb hunter, ----- and even Tarzan Junior ar
significantly different games, ---- I own and enjoy playing all of
them. if however a developer stated an intention to create something
like another space invaders game, a self-voicing single player black
jack or a modified version of boppit, ---- they'd have to offer a
pretty good account as to why such a game would be a worth while use
of their time and skills which could be put to work in writing
something we have more need for.

such justifications are possible, ---- as Liam proved with judgement
day and it's many unlockables, and Che proved with his online playable
tournament black jack, ---- but I'd say a developer would do well to
considder all accessible games available before sitting down to code,
----- especially if they expect to sell such games.

I don't want to name and shame here, ---- but I can certainly think of
a couple of developers who imho have very much wasted their ttime in
creating just another game of a familiar type, ---- and, what is worse
in several cases, expecting people to spend money upon it.

This could've been avoided if they just looked around to see what was
out there first, or honestly admitted that the couple of extra sounds
they stuck in the game didn't make it in any way original or worth the
asked price.

btw, this is on my mind, sinse the audio games database is back up and
running, ---- and in considdering some new entries I'm finding it
quite hard to stay at the very least neutral when describing certain
games.

with the database though, Where as I'll always say anything good that
imho should be said about a game, ---- I don't make negative comments,
----- however deserved I might think they could be.

I'll freely say what I want here and on the forums though, ---- sinse
they are less official.

Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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